tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post2864687864959955351..comments2023-05-11T13:33:37.617+01:00Comments on Watermarks: Aylestone Meadows, JanuaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-40200461106137836112009-01-27T11:20:00.000+00:002009-01-27T11:20:00.000+00:00gorgeous, colours mood, everything, bit rackhamesq...gorgeous, colours mood, everything, bit rackhamesque too.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193935968877679533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-74879250738493453162009-01-26T18:57:00.000+00:002009-01-26T18:57:00.000+00:00it is isn't it Gesa :>) and I'm looking...it is isn't it Gesa :>) and I'm looking forward to the progress of all these projects and fascinatingly different insights <BR/><BR/>Cath that's typical of our local council - they planted beautiful roses near me, that flowered and flowered for a few years and then they 'pruned' them with a chain saw - no more roses :>( every one died.vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-26561653686607907052009-01-26T10:14:00.000+00:002009-01-26T10:14:00.000+00:00Great willows! Well: great sketch of poor willows....Great willows! Well: great sketch of poor willows. I am watching intently on everyone's repeat visit projects... The blog is ending up with such a thickness of descriptive and explorative material around the subject, it is fascinating!Gesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-86012015669777391562009-01-26T04:21:00.000+00:002009-01-26T04:21:00.000+00:00Your pollarded trees look great - very lively. It ...Your pollarded trees look great - very lively. It would be lovely to wander round somewhere as pretty as that. But I hate seeing lovely trees treated like this. An over-zealous Council gardener pollarded some main street Pohutukawa (New Zealand's native "christmas tree") just before they flowered for Christmas one year and you should have heard the uproar LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-25680451520580758712009-01-26T00:33:00.000+00:002009-01-26T00:33:00.000+00:00Laura, Jeanette and Lindsay - thanks :>)They we...Laura, Jeanette and Lindsay - thanks :>)<BR/><BR/>They were pollarded because they grow fast and so the young branches were used for firewood and basket making - and hurdle fences and stuff as well. They were an ongoing crop. Craftspeople still do those things.<BR/><BR/>Willows do go rotten with age so maybe these were getting dangerous - certainly one branch was breaking away and nearly hanging in the water when I sketched there in the Spring.vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-76641928134352966642009-01-26T00:22:00.000+00:002009-01-26T00:22:00.000+00:00The line work is wonderful. And of course that ora...The line work is wonderful. And of course that orange in there just glows.<BR/>I always wondered why a tree might be pollarded. Might it fall in the canal? Around here, no one really does this.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142884023928819776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-45914951136436711232009-01-25T23:13:00.000+00:002009-01-25T23:13:00.000+00:00This is a lovely piece and really gives a sense of...This is a lovely piece and really gives a sense of the willows and the surrounding bracken.<BR/><BR/>Willows are probably my favourite tree and I have about 25 on the property. I also remember them well from the Somerset Levels when I lived there. All those willows pollarded to make baskets.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-18773289514065993212009-01-25T17:52:00.000+00:002009-01-25T17:52:00.000+00:00So glorious, Vivien! Great, great calligraphic for...So glorious, Vivien! Great, great calligraphic form.Laura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-64139349991738954862009-01-25T14:30:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:30:00.000+00:00I've added a link to some aerial views I did o...I've added a link to some aerial views I did of the site so that you can understand the layout :>)vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-65607462434291006752009-01-25T14:25:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:25:00.000+00:00:>Doh we have our weeping willows too what abou...:>D<BR/><BR/>oh we have our weeping willows too <BR/><BR/>what about the willow in the Hobbit? the vicious one that attackd Bilbo Baggins :>D<BR/><BR/>thanks Tinavivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-2075106284706142462009-01-25T14:22:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:22:00.000+00:00rather strange I think with lowish bushy heads on ...rather strange I think with lowish bushy heads on incredibly thick trunks!<BR/><BR/>Yes pollarded willows can look faboulous and Van Gogh-ish - I loved drawing these - but the area suffers for the loss of the tall trees.<BR/><BR/>Apparently they are supposed to have grown from fence posts <BR/><BR/>- put in by the Victorian canal builders??vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-88762863007909056542009-01-25T14:21:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:21:00.000+00:00Really like this piece! Since my only knowledge of...Really like this piece! Since my only knowledge of English willows is the whomping willow in Harry Potter this seems right in tone. ;) (I'm used to weeping willows in midwest USA)Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-65591481690984035622009-01-25T14:14:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:14:00.000+00:00You're going to have to do us a map! :)I actually ...You're going to have to do us a map! :)<BR/><BR/>I actually like pollarded willows but these do seem to have been butchered. I wonder what they'll be like come Spring?Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.com